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PPEERS Receives Visit From Executive Director of Center for Safer Schools

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As part of PPEERS’s Thursday Seminar and ELC 675: Schools as Centers of Inquiry, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Executive Director of Center for Safer Schools (CFSS), Karen W. Fairley, J.D., recently presented to the PPEERS 4 Cohort. PPEERS Leadership Team members and UNC Greensboro School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations (ELC) members were also in attendance for her presentation.


PPEERS Update

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Read about the development of participants in the PPEERS cohorts through the month of March.


PPEERS Awarded the UCEA Exemplary Educational Leadership Preparation Program Award

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The University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA) has presented its 2021 UCEA Exemplary Educational Leadership Program (EELP) Award to the Principal Preparation for Excellence and Equity in Rural Schools (PPEERS) program at the UNC Greensboro. The EELP Award celebrates exemplary programs that model, catalyze, and support ongoing program improvement in … Continued


PPEERS Kickbox Projects Sparks Innovation by SOE Students

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ITI Kickbox is an innovation toolkit that is sparking amazing innovations by SOE students. Dr. Kimberly Kappler Hewitt, Director of Principal Preparation for Excellence and Equity in Rural Schools (PPEERS), is implementing the Kickbox innovation toolkit as a year-long experience for students who are preparing to take on leadership roles … Continued


PPEERS Receives $1.6 Million in Continued Funding from NC Alliance for School Leadership Development

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Congratulations to Dr. Kimberly Kappler-Hewitt and the Principal Preparation for Excellence and Equity in Rural Schools (PPEERS) team for receiving an award of $1.6 million from NC Alliance for School Leadership Development (NCASLD). Dr. Kappler-Hewitt, faculty member in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations (ELC), … Continued


UNCG SOE PPEERS Program Now Recruiting Third Cohort for 2020-2022

The UNC Greensboro School of Education is recruiting 20 highly committed instructional leaders for Principal Preparation for Excellence and Equity in Rural Schools (PPEERS) who will make up their third cohort for 2020-2022. PPEERS candidates will be selected through a rigorous two-stage process — the District Application is due January … Continued


PPEERS Awarded $3.4 Million to Support Two More Cohorts

Principal Preparation for Excellence and Equity in Rural Schools (PPEERS) is a partnership between UNC Greensboro, eleven rural districts, and the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) supported by a $1.8 million grant from the North Carolina Alliance for School Leader Development. This cohort-based program recruits and prepares 20 committed educators … Continued